Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 147 - Voting Methods
Section 9-255. - Sample ballots.

The registrars of voters shall provide for all polling places using voting tabulators at least two sample ballots that shall contain the offices, party designations, names of candidates, write-in slots and questions to be voted upon. On each such sample ballot shall be printed instructions as to the use of the voting tabulator, which instructions shall be approved by the Secretary of the State. Such sample ballots shall be so posted inside the polling place as to be visible to those within the polling place during the whole day of election. At least one of such sample ballots shall be so posted as to be visible to an elector being instructed on the use of the voting tabulator under section 9-260.

(1949 Rev., S. 1198; 1953, 1955, S. 732d; 1957, P.A. 561, S. 14; P.A. 77-245, S. 7; P.A. 87-382, S. 27, 55; P.A. 11-20, S. 17; 11-173, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 77-245 changed “town” to “municipal” clerk; P.A. 87-382 substituted “demonstrator or spare voting” for “dummy” voting machine; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machines” with “tabulators”, “machine” with “tabulator” and “ballot labels” with “ballots”, eliminated language re arrangement of ballot labels and replaced language re demonstrator or spare voting machine with language re use of voting tabulator, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-173 replaced “board of selectmen or the municipal clerk” with “registrars of voters”, replaced references to machines with references to tabulators, changed requirement from three sample ballot labels to two sample ballots, replaced references to ballot labels with references to ballots and replaced provision re demonstrator or spare voting machine with provision re use of voting tabulator, effective July 13, 2011.

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